I Have A Sword

Chapter 872: Diamond Body

Ye Guan was stunned.

Zhou Fan's expression remained calm as she explained, "I mean having a child."

Ye Guan immediately understood. He grabbed Zhou Fan's hand and gently asked, "Is it because of the power struggles within the Great Zhou?"

Zhou Fan lowered her head slightly and remained silent.

Sighing, Ye Guan said, "I know that you have many responsibilities as the heir of the Great Zhou. I get it, but remember just one thing—never force yourself to do something you don't want to do. Do you understand?"

Zhou Fan's hands trembled. She leaned against Ye Guan's chest and hugged him wordlessly.

Ye Guan wrapped his arms around Zhou Fan's slender waist. Zhou Fan's soft waist and the fact that they were so close to each other made Ye Guan's heart skip a beat. A certain part of his body reacted involuntarily.

Sensing something poking her, Zhou Fan's face turned red. She looked up and glared at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan chuckled nervously.

"Do you want to do it?" asked Zhou Fan in a voice that sounded more like a mosquito's droning.

Adrenaline instantly coursed through Ye Guan at the remark, and a conflagration erupted within him, rushing straight to his "head."

However, he forcibly suppressed his desire and calmed down.

Zhou Fan was still staring at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan smiled slightly and said, "Let's save that after our marriage"

“Why?"

"I just want you to know that I'm not with you because of your body. I respect you, so we should take this slow."

Zhou Fan was taken aback, and then she buried her head into Ye Guan's chest, saying, "You really know how to sweet talk. I'm sure you've already deceived many girls."

"What do you—" Ye Guan started.

"Be honest," Zhou Fan interrupted, "how many girls have you deceived so far?"

Ye Guan kissed Zhou Fan's head and was about to answer her when the space ahead of them trembled.

A shadowy figure emerged from the spacetime rift.

Zhou Fan quickly pushed Ye Guan away, and her expression instantly became icy.

The shadowy figure bowed deeply to Zhou Fan and said, "Your Highness."

"Speak,” said Zhou Fan.

The shadowy figure opened his palm, and a white piece of paper floated toward the two.

Ye Guan and Zhou Fan frowned upon reading the text written on the paper.

The Evil Dao Alliance had issued a bounty with a whopping one hundred Eternal Crystals in exchange for Ye Guan's head.

"Hahaha," Ye Guan chuckled, saying, "The Evil Dao Alliance is really generous... to think they'll offer a hundred Eternal Crystals for my head."

The ring that his aunt had given to him only contained thirty Eternal Crystals, and he knew how precious they were. They were particularly precious for Path Creation Realm experts.

He hadn't even used them, as he found it wasteful. Yi Nian had many Eternal Crystals at her disposal, but he would never spend her Eternal Crystal, as it would be immoral of him to do so. He could fool others but not his own people.

"it is such a tempting offer," Zhou Fan said in a serious tone, "Many will find it hard to refuse."

"Can the Evil Dao Alliance really come up with so many Eternal Crystals?" asked Ye Guan.

Zhou Fan was slightly taken aback. "Little Guan, are you suggesting that they are doing this to hassle us?"

"The Eighth Hall Master should already be here, but how come I haven't seen him yet? I think he's the mastermind behind all this. I guess he's not that simple of an individual," Ye Guan said.

Li Han had also described the Eighth Hall Master as someone with a dark nature and deep schemes.

Ye Guan was truly surprised by the Eighth Hall Master's decision. At first, he thought the Eighth Hall Master would simply attack the Great Zhou, so he was caught off guard when the latter played dirty instead.

Zhou Fan stared at Ye Guan and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Cultivate and wait," replied Ye Guan calmly. He knew he still needed some more time. There was one aspect of his cultivation journey that he had yet to hone to perfection, and it was none other than his physique.

He had no plans of becoming a physique cultivator, but his sword techniques required a sturdy fleshly body to execute. The stronger his fleshly body, the stronger his sword strikes would become.

Ye Guan turned to Zhou Fan and asked, "I want to cultivate my fleshly body. Does the Great Zhou have any cultivation methods for physique cultivators?"

“Yes." Zhou Fan replied. She grabbed Ye Guan's hand and disappeared from the spot.

Zhou Fan brought Ye Guan to a starry sky. A pool filled with lightning was just ten kilometers ahead of them.

A myriad of black lightning bolts danced like snakes inside the pool, and the pool itself emanated waves of formidable lightning energy.

“You're staring at the Tribulation Realm of the Great Zhou," said Zhou Fan.

"Wait," Ye Guan was startled. "That's a Universe Tribulation?"

"Yes, but as you can see, it is still very small. We estimate that it will take at least several billion years before it erupts."

Zhou Fan took out a scroll and handed it to Ye Guan.

Curious, Ye Guan asked, "What is this?"

"It's a secret Buddhist cultivation method, and it's called Diamond Body. It was created by the founder of the Burning Heaven Temple. It's considered the most powerful physique cultivation method in the Great Zhou."

"Diamond Body? Does Abbot Ci Tian cultivate it as well?"

"Nope. He doesn't have this scroll."

Ye Guan was puzzled.

Zhou Fan explained, "In the early days of the founding of the Great Zhou, our founding ancestor fought everything standing in the way of his power. The Burning Heaven Temple resisted the Great Zhou, and our ancestor fought their abbot. The abbot lost, and we obtained some of their secret techniques as spoils. The Burning Heaven Temple almost disappeared from the world as a result of that fight, and they were only spared because someone pleaded for them to be spared."

"I returned the secret techniques of the Burning Heaven Temple to Abbot Ci Tian not too long ago."

Ye Guan nodded and opened the scroll. A beam of Buddhist light shot into his forehead.

Boom!

Countless pieces of information flooded into Ye Guan's mind.

The Diamond Body's full name was Invincible Diamond Body.

Once mastered, one's fleshly body would become indestructible and immortal.

Ye Guan's expression grew serious as he delved deeper into the technique. The Invincible Diamond Body was incredible.

Physique cultivators were practically invincible if one couldn't shatter their defenses, but powerful physique cultivators were rare.

First of all, physique cultivation was incredibly arduous and painful. Secondly, it was extremely expensive, even more expensive than sword cultivation. Few clans could afford to support a top-tier physique cultivator.

However, these issues didn't apply to Ye Guan.

After a while, Ye Guan gathered his thoughts and walked toward the pool of lightning.

Zhou Fan suddenly grabbed his hand. "Be careful."

"Don't worry." Ye Guan revealed a reassuring smile.

With that, he transformed into a streak of sword light and vanished, reappearing into the pool of lightning.

The bolts of lightning inside the pool became violent, inundating him.

Ye Guan's expression remained unchanged. This was child's play compared to the True Universe's tribulation lightning.

Ye Guan opened his palm, revealing two Eternal Crystals. He glanced at them briefly before swallowing them.

Boom!

A powerful energy erupted from within him. The Eternal Power within the Eternal Crystals pervaded Ye Guan, and he could feel his fleshly body transforming along with his three bloodlines.

A myriad of lightning bolts struck Ye Guan once more, and they kept coming as if they seriously wanted to reduce him into mere ashes.

Boom!

Zhou Fan could only watch anxiously outside the pool, and she relaxed only when she saw that Ye Guan's fleshly body was strong enough to withstand the lightning.

Swoosh!

A shadowy figure suddenly appeared behind Zhou Fan.

The shadowy figure bowed deeply and said, "Your Highness, powerful, inscrutable auras have appeared in the starry sky above the Great Zhou."

Zhou Fan frowned and called out, "Uncle Awen."

An old man in court robes appeared and bowed slightly to Zhou Fan.

"Uncle Awen, take our Tian Ce Divine Guards with you and protect this place," Zhou Fan instructed.

“Understood."

Zhou Fan glanced at Ye Guan in the distance before disappearing.

***

Two men and a lady were looking down at the Great Zhou Imperial City.

The leader of the group was a man in luxurious robes, and a faint smile was tugging at his lips.

A middle-aged man in black robes was standing next to him. The middle-aged man was holding a jet-black spear with a blood-red tip.

Meanwhile, the one and only woman in the group was holding a sheathed sword in her left hand. She was clad entirely in white, and her long hair draped over her shoulders; her expression was extremely cold.

The man in luxurious robes looked down at the Great Zhou Imperial City and said, "I met the Great Zhou's founding ancestor once. He was a remarkable individual."

The middle-aged man in black robes said, "Ye Guan is in the Great Zhou."

"I know." The man in luxurious robes nodded.

Tightening his grip on his spear, the middle-aged man in black robes asked, "Should we kill him?"

They were from the Ascension World, and they had come here to kill Ye Guan. A hundred Eternal Crystals was just too tempting of an offer to resist.

"Kill who?"

"Ye Guan," replied the middle-aged man in black robes.

The man in luxurious robes shook his head.

"Why not?" asked the man in black robes.

The man in luxurious robes replied, "Why would the Evil Dao Alliance offer a hundred Eternal Crystals for his head instead of killing him themselves?"

The middle-aged man in black robes frowned.

The man in luxurious robes looked at the Great Zhou Imperial City down below and laughed. "It's a trap. The Evil Dao Alliance wants to use us as pawns. Do they really think that we have no brain or something?"